Physics 307
Fall 2011
Science and Computers I
Instructor: Dr./Prof. Jen Schwarz
Instructor's E-mail: phy307.fall2011@yahoo.com
Instructor's Phone: 315-443-3887/607-342-0876
Instructor's Office: 215
Physics Building
Text: Computational Physics, by Nicholas Giordano and Hisao Nakanishi
Syllabus
Handouts
Matlab Intro I
Matlab Intro II
Curve Fitting
Euler Method
Euler Method II
Harmonic Motion
Harmonic Motion II
Runge-Kutta Method
Runge-Kutta Method II
Random Walks
Root-finding and the Bisection Method
Numerical Integration
Labs
Lab I: Data Analysis
Lab II: Projectile Motion and the Euler Method
Lab III: Harmonic Motion and the Euler-Cromer Method
Lab IV: Planetary Motion
Lab V: Cluster Growth Models
Final Project
Final Project Instructions
Midterm Codes:
Secret Code
f3b
f4b
f5b
f6b
Final Codes:
Eden 3d code
Blocks code